Sun Microsystems Signs Multi-Year Agreement for Simplex Verification Tools.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1997-- Sun to Integrate Simplex Physical Verification Physical verification A procedure auditors use to ensure that inventory recorded in the book is correct by actually checking out the physical inventory. Solutions, Including Full-Chip 3-D Extraction and Full-Chip Power, Signal Integrity, and Reliability Verification into Standard Design Flow Simplex Solutions, Inc., today announced that Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ) has signed a multi-year agreement for Simplex's Fire & Ice(TM) and Thunder & Lightning(TM) physical verification solutions. Sun is planning to use the Simplex tools to design its next-generation UltraSPARC(TM) microprocessors and other high-performance integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. . "In searching for verification tools, we evaluated several companies," said Anant Agrawal, vice president and general manager at Sun Microelectronics. "Simplex had what we needed: full-chip 3-D extraction, as well as full-chip power, signal integrity, and reliability analysis. "We believe that Simplex' products will have the speed, capacity, and accuracy required by our next-generation designs; and Simplex has demonstrated its commitment to us by responding quickly to our needs." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Agrawal, using the Simplex tools, the Sun engineering teams will be able to spot potentially fatal problems in designs before first silicon that would be quite difficult to find otherwise. "Sun has an industry-wide reputation for driving the development of new technologies and adopting new methodologies for its advanced microprocessor designs," said Penny Herscher, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Simplex. "Over the last year, working closely with the Sun microprocessor design teams, we've added several enhancements that are critical to high-performance design. We are delighted that Sun has selected Simplex." About the Simplex Products Simplex' Fire & Ice and Thunder & Lightning products provide the EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. industry's first fully integrated solution for full-chip IC extraction and analysis. The tools feature proprietary, context-based 3-D extraction, interconnect modeling, and analysis capabilities that enable designers to perform post-layout extraction and analysis which are essential to the final tape-out process for high-performance microprocessors and integrated circuits (ICs). The tools are readily incorporated into industry-standard timing-driven design flows and tool environments. Fire & Ice sets a new industry standard for full-chip extraction capacity, accuracy, and speed on deep submicron designs. Fire & Ice extracts the interconnect RC parasitics, transistors, discrete components An elementary electronic device constructed as a single unit. Before integrated circuits (chips), all transistors, resistors and diodes were discrete. They are widely used in amplifiers and other devices that use large amounts of current. and the power grid for multi-million transistor circuits in a matter of hours, providing the accuracy of 3-D field solvers with the speed of 2-D extraction techniques. Thunder & Lightning is a full-chip analysis solution that takes parasitic extraction information from Fire & Ice and analyzes deep submicron IC power grid integrity, clock skew In circuit design In circuit design, clock skew (sometimes timing skew) is a phenomenon in synchronous circuits in which the clock signal (sent from the clock circuit) arrives at different components at different times. , electromigration (EM) risk, and signal integrity. About Sun Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network Is The Computer(TM)," has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc., (NASDAQ:SUNW), to its position as a leading provider of hardware, software, and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $8.5 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://www.sun.com . About Simplex Simplex Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1995 to make deep-submicron semiconductor technology accessible to the mainstream community of integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for (IC) designers. The company's products provide IC designers with full-chip verification capabilities to ensure high-quality designs that result in first-time shippable silicon, increased semiconductor process yields, and long-term IC reliability. The company is headquartered at 521 Almanor Ave., Sunnyvale, Calif. 94086, and can be reached at 408/617-6100 or www.simplex.com . -0- Note to editors: Product inquiries may be directed to Peter McCrorie at 408/617-6100 or petemc@simplex.com . -0- Fire & Ice and Thunder & Lightning are trademarks of Simplex Solutions, Inc . UltraSparc is a trademark of Sun Microsystems. CONTACT: Simplex Penny Herscher, 408/617-6100 or VitalCom Scott Seiden, 650/637-8212 |
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